PZ 25/1935 'Persia: British Legation Tehran: appointment of Ministers'

Content

The file contains papers relating to changes of Ministers heading the British Legation at Tehran, Persia [Iran]. It mainly consists of covering papers from the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State, India, enclosing copies of telegrams and letters from His Majesty’s Representative in Tehran to the Foreign Office. The telegrams mostly announce the arrival of the Ministers in Tehran and their assumption of charge of His Majesty’s Legation, and the letters mainly report on interviews with the Shah in which the new Ministers presented their credentials.

It includes telegrams and letters from the following Ministers: Sir Percy Lorraine, Sir Robert Clive, Sir Reginald Hoare, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, and Sir Horace Seymour.

Also included is a translated copy of a letter from Ali Quli Khan, Ansari, Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, 29 July 1926 (folio 32), expressing the ‘deep regrets’ of the Persian Government at the departure of Sir Percy Lorraine, and requesting that ‘the gratitude of the high officials of the Persian Government’ be conveyed to Lorraine for his ‘sincere feeling toward this country’ and his policy of ‘consolidating the amity’ between Britain and Persia.

Extent and format

1 file (32 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 32; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/124

Former external reference(s)

PZ 25/1935

History of this record

Date(s)

7 Jul 1926-26 Nov 1936 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

DiplomacyDiplomats

Places

Persia

People & organisations

HM Ambassador to IranMinister for Foreign AffairsBritish Legation, TehranShah of Iran, Pahlavi dynastyPermanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsPermanent Under-Secretary of State for India

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PZ 25/1935 'Persia: British Legation Tehran: appointment of Ministers', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/124, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00018f> [accessed 7 April 2025]

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